Legal Opinion
In re Autocue Sales & Distributing Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 29, 1957PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is a motion to adjudge Laurence H. Merchant in contempt1 for refusal to answer material questions propounded to him during the course of a § 21, sub. a examination under the Bankruptcy Act2 into the affairs of Autocue Sales & Distributing Corporation, bankrupt, of which he had been president, principal stockholder and a director. The petition also alleges failure to produce a contract between Telecue Corporation of New Jersey and Autocue Co., Inc.
The respondent, in answering the petition, in substance admits that contrary to the directions to the referee he has…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hornstein v. PodwitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- In re FoerstDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1899
- In Re Paramount Publix CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1936
- Kaiser-Frazer Corp. v. Otis & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- Marx v. Chase Nat. BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Freeman v. SeligsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- In Re GHR Energy Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 1983
- In Re SymingtonUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Maryland · 1997
- Harry Harold Chereton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- Deloitte v. Hassett (In re CIS Corp.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
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